Characteristics of and therapeutic options for contralateral axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-421

  Morcos, B ^a,b   Jaradat, I ^a   El Ghanem, M ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Contralateral axilla; Lymph nodes; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HORMONE RECEPTOR; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRALATERAL AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79954414403     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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